Tag Archive

Of all the ways to save more dogs in shelters, we’ve dedicated our mission to education. As many of you know, Bound Angels’ core mission is saving shelter dogs through education, but just what does that mean? There are many pieces needed in order to help all of the dogs in shelters. There are rescuers who pull dogs, fosters, spay …

More than 6 years ago, I was somewhat new to the shelter community and the way in which I would shape Bound Angels. I came across this dog that some claimed was a purebred Belgian Malinois, I realized he had many Mal traits, but there was a lot of other stuff going on. Zeus was a handlful. The disclaimer I …

Every time we talk about the shelter crisis we hear Adopt Don’t Shop. It’s become sort of a mantra among those fighting for shelter pets. But I ponder the question, “Is this the answer?” I do not doubt that adopting animals from shelters is the right thing to do, but the question remains, “Is this THE answer.” People adopt …

Well, it’s been a while, but just one more email about Best Friends can set me off. I get their updates, how great their doing and how great the sanctuary is, blah, blah blah… all followed up with the request for more donations… Just something to add to the $50 MILLION they take in. Now I don’t care how much …

Last week I visited a local shelter, in a less than desirable neighborhood here in LA. I know the shelter business very well, so when I make my comments they are not coming from an emotional place, but rather a place of knowledge. Upon arriving at the shelter I walked through the animal receiving department and found a small hispanic …

There is this constant battle between rescues and shelters that does little more than cost innocent animals their lives. I am referring mainly to the rescue groups that “rescue” pets from the shelter whose greatest risk at the shelter is adoption. Let’s face it, there are certain breeds of dogs at the shelter that have little to no chance …

First off, let me tell you the question: How do we ever solve the problem of all the dogs in the shelters? Now that you know the question, you’ll have to ponder the answer… and to many there may be no answer. No way to ever see that every animal is safe, that they all get rescued and to be …

My mom used to tell me, “You could sell snow to an Eskimo.” In fact my very first job was selling stereos, I sold stereos before I could drive. Later I taught seminars on sales and motivation… and I can promote and I can SELL. The reason I preface with these statements is to explain my somewhat purposeful failure at …

For those of you who have attended my workshops or read my books you know my feeling about group caging dogs. I think that in a shelter environment it is one of the most important tools to increase your live release numbers. Believe it or not there are countless shelters that kill dogs for space and do not opt to …

Well, obviously it has been a while since I blogged and as you can see that is quite normal for me. I think I should hire someone who can post blogs for me. I have a lot of great stuff I want to write about, but every time I go to do that something else comes up. Needless to say …